BRANDYWINE, BATTLE OF THE

in the American Revolution, fought Sept. 11, 1777, along Brandywine Creek. The creek, formed by two small branches in SE Pennsylvania, flows southeast to join, near Wilmington, Del., the Christina River, which empties into the Delaware. The British under Sir William Howe were advancing on Philadelphia from Elkton, Md., and General Washington, realizing that they would cross the stream, placed most of his army at Chadds Ford. Howe sent General Wilhelm Knyphausen to feint an attack at Chadds Ford, while he himself, with General Cornwallis, struck the American right flank, where Gen. John Sullivan could not check the attack. Washington ordered a retreat to Chester, Pa. The British continued their advance and took Philadelphia (Sept. 27, 1777).

See H. S. Canby, The Brandywine (1941).

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Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain
Book by Robert K. Krick; University of North Carolina Press, 1990
Subjects: Cedar Mountain (Culpeper County, Va.), Battle Of, 1862, Jackson, Stonewall--1824-1863
...artillery fired the opening rounds of the battle. The artillery of Ewells division...and fired the first big guns of the battle. Confederate horsemen had been...had matter-of-factly explained the handling of battles ultimate currency to his chaplain...
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Book by James M. McPherson; Oxford University Press, 1988
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
...Industrialization: Evidence from the Brandywine Region, 1800-1860," Journal of Economic History, 42...Philadelphia, where a pair of three-way battles between Protestants, Irish Catholics, and the militia left at least sixteen...
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The Road to Valley Forge: How Washington Built the Army That Won the Revolution
Book by John Buchanan; Wiley, 2004
Subjects: Generals--United States--Biography, Howe, Richard Howe--Earl--1726-1799, Howe, William Howe--Viscount--1729-1814, United States--Continental Army--History, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British Forces, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Manpower, Washington, George--1732-1799--Military Leadership
...1776 12 The Battle of Long Island and the Retreat from New York 53 Attack on Trenton 157 The Battle of Brandywine and the Pennsylvania_New Jersey Area of Operations 239 The Battle of Germantown 275 Preface The impact...
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The Written Suburb: An American Site, an Ethnographic Dilemma
Book by John D. Dorst; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989
Subjects: Chadds Ford (Pa.)--Social Life And Customs, Ethnology--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford, Ethnology--United States--Case Studies, Postmodernism--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford, Postmodernism--United States--Case Studies, Suburban Life--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford, Suburban Life--United States--Case Studies, Tourism--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford, Tourism--United States--Case Studies
...Revolutionary War, focusing on the Battle of the Brandywine September 11, 1777 , which...historical significance Battle of the Brandywine and artistic heritage the...special reference to the Battle of the Brandywine, the major skirmish of which...
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Studies Military and Diplomatic, 1775-1865
Book by Charles Francis Adams; Macmillan Company, 1911
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
...day of Howes advance and the battle before Brooklyn, "the sun rose with a red and angry...suggested, probably a knowledge of this fact and the consequent failure...and in New Jersey, and again at Brandywine and during the Valley Forge winter...
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Select Bibliography of Published Works and Conference Papers Written by Russell F. Weigley
Journal article by Russell F. Weigley; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 97, 2007
...American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea and Vietnam (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2003). Reference Work Entries...Encyclopedia Britannica, 1972): "Brandywine, Battle of," 4:104; "Chester," 5:471; "Germantown...
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Journal article by Alexander Nemerov; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006
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Fiction as a Springboard to U.S. History Research Projects
Journal article by Frances A. Nadeau; Social Studies, Vol. 85, 1994
Subjects: History--Study And Teaching, Social Sciences--Study And Teaching
...occurred in this section of Pennsylvania. Topics : Brandywine Creek, Battle of 1777 Germantown, Battle of 1777 Valley Forge...1777-1778 Pre-Civil War: Fox, Paula, The Slave Dancer (Dell, 1973 ).Thirteen-year-old...
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The Impact of Geography on the American Revolution: Expanding Regions of British Military Responsibility
Magazine article by Al M. Rocca; Social Studies Review, Vol. 42, Spring 2003
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Magazine article by Nicholas Dungan; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 136, July 2007
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Brandywine, Battle of The
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Pennsylvania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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Ferguson, Patrick
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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